Julie-Ann Campbell

Julie-Ann Campbell
Secretary of the Labor Party in Queensland
In office
29 January 2018 – 3 June 2022
LeaderAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byEvan Moorhead
Succeeded byKate Flanders
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor
Other political
affiliations
Voice (2007)
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
Occupation
  • Policy advisor
  • Lawyer
  • Trade unionist

Julie-Ann Campbell is the Labor candidate for Moreton and a former Australian trade unionist who previously served as the Secretary of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party.[1][2]

She previously served as President of the UQ Union during 2007[3] and later graduated with degrees in Law and Arts (Hons). Julie-Ann was admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2012, was a policy advisor in the Queensland Government, Industrial Officer at the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU).[4] Most recently she was an associate partner at global consultancy firm Ernst & Young.[5]

Previously the party's Vice President, Campbell is the first woman to become secretary, the party's most senior executive position.[6][7]

As a branch member of the ALP in 2013, Ms Campbell also moved a motion (which was subsequently ratified) at Labor's annual conference that the Labor Parliamentary Leader be elected by rank and file members.[8]

  1. ^ "Julie-Ann Campbell". Queensland Labor. ALP Queensland Branch. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Labor Elects First Female State Secretary". Courier Mail. News Corp. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. ^ "UQ Elects new union president". UQ.
  4. ^ "ALP Qld State Secretary". Queensland Labor.
  5. ^ "Revealed: The VIPs invited to Premier's $700-a-minute Christmas shindig". Courier Mail.
  6. ^ "Labor's new state secretary Julie-Ann Campbell visits Mount Isa". The North West Star. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Meet the Women who Run Queensland". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Labor overhaul leadership vote system in Queensland". Brisbane Times.